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Jim Ronayne (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born | Clontarf, Dublin | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
20 | Clontarf | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1979-1989 | Dublin | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
Jim Ronayne (born 28 February 1959) is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Clontarf club and for the Dublin county team.[1]
Ronayne made his debut for the Dublin senior football team in the 1979 Leinster Senior Football Championship final against Offaly.[2] He won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal in 1983 when a twelve-man Dublin team, dubbed the ‘Twelve Apostles’, defeated Galway in the final.[3][4] In total he won four Leinster Senior Football Championship medals in 1979, 1983, 1984, and 1985,[5] and an under 21 Leinster Football Championship medal in 1980.[4] He won a National Football League medal with Dublin in 1987 beating Kerry 1-11 to 0-11 in the final.[4]
During his career, Ronayne played for Dublin in four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals,[6] eight Leinster Senior Football Championship Finals, two National Football League Finals, one Under-21 All-Ireland Football Championship Final, one Leinster Minor Football Championship Final and one Dublin Senior Football Championship Final with Clontarf.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Brief History". Clontarfgaa.com. 11 April 1961. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "079 1979 Team | a whole new world". Dublincitypubliclibraries.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ Independent Woman (16 May 2011). "Eugene McGee: Is it now harder to get off the referees' elite panel than on it? - Eugene McGee, Columnists". Independent.ie. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ a b c "Profile". Hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Final Teams | GAA History | About the GAA | GAA". Gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "Counihan, Conor". Hoganstand.com. 22 May 1992. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
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